|Judge|Reference|Tribe|Oppressor|Period of Oppression|Period of Rest|Total Length of Time*| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Othniel|3:7–11|Judah|Mesopotamians|8 years (3:8)|40 years (3:11)|48 years| |Ehud|3:12–30|Benjamin|Moabites|18 years (3:14)|80 years (3:30)|98 years| |Shamgar|3:31||Philistines|||| |Deborah|chs. 4–5|Ephraim|Canaanites|20 years (4:3)|40 years (5:31)|60 years| |Gideon|chs. 6–8|Manasseh|Midianites|7 years (6:1)|40 years (8:28)|47 years| |Tola|10:1–2|Issachar|||23 years (10:2)|23 years| |Jair|10:3–5|Gilead-Manasseh|||22 years (10:3)|22 years| |Jephthah|10:6–12:7|Gilead-Manasseh|Ammonites||24 years (10:8; 12:7)|24 years| |Ibzan|12:8–10|Judah or Zebulun?|||7 years (12:9)|7 years| |Elon|12:11–12|Zebulun|||10 years (12:11)|10 years| |Abdon|12:13–15|Ephraim|||8 years (12:14)|8 years| |Samson|chs. 13–16|Dan|Philistines|40 years (13:1)|20 years (15:20; 16:31)|60 years| * Added together, the dates in this column total about 410 years. However, many of the episodes in Judges overlap each other, unfolding in different parts of the land.